Police raids lead to arrest of 6 ‘vicious’ gang members in Lilongwe
Police in Kanengo are keeping in custody 6 suspected criminals who were arrested in a sweeping exercise conducted in Area 50 following a series of armed robberies in surrounding areas.
Lilongwe Police publicist, Kingsley Dandaula, told Malawi News Agency (Mana) that the 6, whose ages range from 16 to 34, were apprehended in an exercise conducted by a special Criminal Investigation Team set up at the station to flush out notorious criminals in the city.
“We have set up a special team of investigators and following a series of reports on robberies with violence and burglary in Areas 49, 25, 18, 47 and surrounding areas, the team carried out an operation Thursday night and apprehended the six men in Area 50 following tip-offs from the public,” explained Dandaula.
He disclosed that some of the suspects have already been linked to recent robberies in some of the mentioned areas.
Dandaula identified the six suspects as Boniface Mandala, 27, and Jonathan Malunga 16, both from Mwanyimba Village T/A Chauma, Dedza; Miliyasi Wisdom, 34, of Khalapathumba Village, T/A Malenga, Ntchisi; and David Kanzonga, 20, of Tonge Village, T/A Khongoni, Lilongwe.
The other two are Chipiliro Kamoto, 20, from Kamoto Village, T/A Makhuwira, Chikwawa, and 24-year-old Luka Sambani from Nyadza Village, T/A Santhe, Kasungu.
The men have been charged with burglary and robbery with violence contrary to respective Sections 309 and 301 of the Penal Code, according to Dandaula.
He added that the six suspects were on the ‘wanted’ list of Kanengo Police and that they would be transferred there for further investigations.
From end February, a spate of armed robberies swept through Areas 49, 50, and 25 where dozens of armed men terrorized residents and community policing men by hacking and robbing them of whatever they had in their possession.
Apandidwe amenewo
Anyetseni amenewo akuwona ngati kuno ku Nigeria koti angayambitse Boko Harram.
Atumbuka samakhala wonyasa nkhope ndi gule amaneyo
Mapaziwo ndi gule wamkulu wopita kusukulu samakula choncho zilombo zimenezo kapena mizimu
mwadyapo
Koma mtundu wa chitumbuka palibe pa list. Tiyeni tiwayamikire anzathu. Anzathu anapita ku sukulu.
enanu mukuti ndi a MCP amenewa chifukwa choti ali pa Central kumeneku ndiko kulakwitsa kwambiri inu simukudziwa kuti mbava zochuluka ndi za DPP motsogozedwa ndi pitala? mwana amaona zomwe kholo likuchita.
pa anthu 6 palibepo wapolisi ndiye sizinayende bwino. dont be cheated momwe tikunena panomu, amenewo atuluka kale asatinamizepo apolisi apa. akaba amakawapatse iwo omwe. check in their houses they have very expensive things
Achipi, kuchoka kumudzi kuno kani mumathamangira zimenez ? pepan kwambiri, znali zakanthawi kochepa
That is the way to go if you want to win the war against crime. Be conducting raids when least expected. raid markets, bars, taverns etc. Criminals are all over.